When you are looking for a new experience, go up high – as the sun sets. Kirk and I had talked about this for years, that we’d go do it. It was so hot down low (as non-typical summer continues on….) and we left town at 7:30 pm in 90+ temps. We made it to […]

6 summers ago I spent one of the hottest days of the year on this trail. I was pregnant, but didn’t know it yet (although I had my suspicions). I was lagging in 102° temps, but then, who wouldn’t? Sometimes it is hard to wrap around that 6 years has passed, along with 2 more […]

I’ve spent a lot of trail miles the past few years hiking and re-hiking a few certain trails, that I know well, are kid-friendly and please my senses. Shadow Lake Loop Trail at Sunrise in Mount Rainier National Park is one of those. It is easy on the eyes, to say the least. I know […]

I wasn’t planning on being here, originally Kirk and I loaded up the van and went up to the mountains and around Eastern Washington to explore new places. It was too hot to get out much – heck it is still too hot here in Western Washington. When we topped out at 106* near Naches, […]

Weather can be a fun thing when it comes to Tahoma (Mt. Rainier). She very much decides to make her own. We were sitting in the back yard on Sunday, being that it was Father’s Day, and on a lark decided that if it was the longest day of the year (Summer Solstice), maybe we […]

If one wants solid advice, follow this sign. Living in the (Pacific) North (West) can be a good thing….. With a foggy/cloudy weekend, Kirk and I took our usually-every-year drive around Mt. Rainier. One sees a lot more when they don’t see the mountain I have found – and I am OK with not seeing […]

My weekend started with that. The cat, who apparently loves to launch himself off my foot – and only me – pulled his favorite stunt on Friday morning. I wasn’t feeling much like hiking on Saturday, but could at least wear shoes. So the family and I went to where I call home. Because nothing […]